SYNOPSIS
Lifelong is the story of a married couple in their fifties, who suffer the emotional claustrophobia of not being able to break up, even though this could be the solution to their problems.
DIRECTOR
Biography Asli Özge
Aslı Özge was born in Istanbul in 1975. She graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts Film & TV in 1999 and made her short film Capital C, which won a string of awards from various festivals. Her feature followed in 2003 with Little Bit of April, a coproduction with ZDF/3sat. Her next project “Hesperos” Apprentices was selected for Antalya Film Festival’s documentary competition in 2005. In 2009, her first theatrical feature Men on the Bridge won the ‘Best Film’ awards in Istanbul, Adana and Ankara Film Festivals. After the international premiere at the 62nd Locarno Film Festival and North American premiere at 34th Toronto Film Festival it has been screened at over thirty international film festivals. Men on the Bridge has also been released in Europe including Germany, UK and the Netherlands.
CREDITS
CAST:
ELA: Defne Halman
CAN: Hakan Cimenser
NIL: Gizem Akman
CREW:
Screenplay/Director: Asli Özge
DoP: Emre Erkmen
Art Department: Yesim Bakirkure, Elif Tascioglu, Dilek Yapkuoz
Costume: Nahide Büyükkaymakci
Original Sound: Marcel De Hoogd
Editing: Natali Barrey
PRODUCTION:
Bulut Film and Soda Media, Turkey
Razor Film, Germany
Augustus Film and Kaliber Film, The Netherlands
SUPPORTED BY:
Eurimages, Turkish Ministry of Culture, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Netherlands Films Funds
IN COOPERATION WITH:
ZDF/arte
PRESS & SALES
WORLD SALES:
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
Berlinale 2013, Sektion: Panorama Spezial
BFI London, official selection